Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1977 - SECT 32

    (1)     A person (the" vendor") shall not, in relation to a second-hand motor vehicle that the vendor offers or displays for sale—

        (a)     make any statement to a purchaser or prospective purchaser of the vehicle that the vendor knows, or ought reasonably to know, is false; or

        (b)     if the vendor is not a dealer and an odometer is fitted to the vehicle—alter the distance recorded on the odometer or replace the odometer without disclosing the alteration or replacement to a purchaser or prospective purchaser of the vehicle.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     For subsection (1) (a), a statement made by an agent or employee of a dealer in his or her business of a dealer shall be deemed to be the statement of the dealer.